Has anyone been paying attention to all the hints we have been leaving on our site?

We’re up to something, TBF has a new purpose, a new business in town, a strange new smell floating by.  Any of this ring a bell?

We had one well aimed guess of a brewery.  Yes there is a history of home brewing being mentioned on the site.  Nope.  In reality, you need so much equipment the startup costs are mind boggling.  So that was not it, yet.  I’ll keep it on the back burner.

COFFEE.

Greene Bean Coffee has been born.  http://www.greenebeancoffee.com/

Right now, we are a small coffee roaster.  The business plan does call for a local coffee house, but we still need to find a place first.  Until then, we are supplying you directly with fresh roasted coffee.  Most of the time, we are aiming to have Organic, Fair-trade, Rain Forest Alliance, certified coffees.  Sometimes a non-certified coffee comes in, when we strive for a specific taste.

Huh, who, what, why???

There is very little choice out here for coffee.  Our local grocery had about 3-4 brands, including Foldgers, Millstone, and Starbucks.  Even the big city stores had few choices.  There are a handful of other roasters in the state, but we fit on one hand when counted.  So, we set out to find good coffee.  After bringing in bag after bag, I somehow realized that I had a friend in the coffee world and asked about roasting your own.

So, if you know me, I like to do things right.  At least I get the equipment to do things right.  It may take a few attempts to be right.  Our first test batches were amazing, and roasting it was fun.  Then the “bigger and better” bug bit.  Why do 1 cup of beans, when I could roast 5lbs?  Really, 6 months ago I had no clue that I would be doing this.  It is ideal as there are many coffee houses, but few who roast their own.
At that point, we started asking around.  We knew many people that loved good coffee, but could not find any.  After some planning, more equipment showed up, and larger and larger orders of beans started coming.  Our UPS guy is going to hate us.  I started sampling so many variations, I even learned to phase through time.
People have been excited.  They love the flavor.  We have a full year of events lined up already and the webstore has just been created.  All that’s left now is for you to try some.

http://www.greenebeancoffee.com/